Tagged: Alaska Highway

Old Presbyterian chapel at Delta Junction, built in 1952. It was one of three chapels built to support the Rev. Bert Bingle's Alaska Highway ministry

The Rev. Bert Bingle’s 600 mile-long Alaska Highway parish

Bert Bingle was a Presbyterian minister who came to Cordova in 1928 to serve the people along the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad, and then moved to Palmer in 1935 to start a church...

The Johnson River Bridge, built at Mile 1380 of the Alaska Highway during World War II, is a Warrren Truss bridge, 974.5 feet in length

Bridges were among last items completed on Alaska Highway

The dedication of the Alaska Highway on Nov. 20, 1942, received great publicity. However, stories often paid scant attention to the actual condition of the road when it first began accepting through traffic. The...

Fortymile Roadhouse in 1998

Fortymile Roadhouse and the Taylor Highway, gateway to the historic Fortymile country

The 160-mile long Taylor Highway was constructed between 1947 and 1951 to connect the Alaska Highway with the Fortymile River region (often referred to as “Fortymile country”) and the city of Eagle on the...

St. Timothy's Church in 2012

Episcopal missionaries established Tanacross 100 years ago

2012 marked the 100th anniversary of St. Timothy’s Church in Tanacross. The church was one of a string of missions the Episcopal Church established along the Tanana River in the early 1900s to serve...

Dot Lake Community Chapel

Dot Lake community grew from Alaska Highway construction camp

Dot Lake, located about half way between Tok and Delta Junction on the Alaska Highway, is a picturesque little town on the east shore of Dot Lake. The community did not really exist until...